Waukesha County
Waukesha County Department of Parks and Land Use, Land Resources Division
In short
Waukesha County Department of Parks and Land Use, Land Resources Division issues 1 permit we publish for Waukesha County, last verified 2026-10-07. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stormwater / Erosion Control Permit Plan Reviewonly if it applies to you | Waukesha County Department of Parks and Land Use, Land Resources Division | Type 1 (erosion control plan only): $600 per project + $210 per acre disturbed over 1 acre + $275 DNR NR 216 fee where more than 1 acre is disturbed; the LRD prepares the erosion control plan for sites under 1 acre for an additional $70. Type 2 (stormwater management plan): $1,250 + $190 per 20,000 sq ft of added impervious surface + $275 DNR NR 216 fee where more than 1 acre is disturbed. Amendments, extensions and technical exemption requests: $75 (Type 1) or $385 (Type 2). Incomplete resubmittals: $440 per review. Small projects needing construction verification: $600. Work begun before the permit: double fees. Financial assurance: $20,000 per planned stormwater facility (maximum $60,000 per site), or $1,000 to $10,000 cash where no facility is planned. | per project; the financial assurance is returned when the permit termination conditions are met | 2026-10-07 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Stormwater / Erosion Control Permit Plan Review
A contractor or developer disturbing land or adding impervious surface on unincorporated land in Waukesha County needs a stormwater permit from the Land Resources Division of the Department of Parks and Land Use. County Code §14-331(a) applies the ordinance to "all unincorporated lands within the jurisdictional boundaries of Waukesha County, unless a town board" adopts its own compliant ordinance. The LRD decides whether a project needs only an erosion control plan (Type 1) or a full stormwater management plan (Type 2, for example buildings and parking lots adding 0.5 acres or more of impervious surface). The fees are from the county's sheet "Stormwater Permit Plan Review Fees – 2026", dated 1/1/2026; §14-334(e)1 says fees are "established by the LRD and approved by the County Board through the annual budget process", and §14-334(e)4 exempts publicly funded activities. The $275 component is the State DNR NR 216 fee, listed on the county sheet. A financial assurance is a condition of the permit.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Waukesha County
- Phone
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Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Stormwater Permit Plan Review Fees — 2026 (dated 1/1/2026)Waukesha County Land Resources Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-07
- Waukesha County Code chapter 14 compilation — stormwater (§§14-331, 14-334) and private sewage systems (§§14-576 to 14-589)Waukesha County · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-07
- Waukesha County Storm Water Management and Erosion Control Ordinance (2005)Waukesha County · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-07
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